‘Early Magnum: On & In New York’ at National Arts Club, New York

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Today’s show: “Early Magnum: On & In New York” is on view at the National Arts Club in New York through Saturday, April 29. The exhibition, timed to Magnum Photos’s 70th anniversary, presents a range of photographs from its members made between 1947 and 1960.

Dennis Stock, USA. New York City. 1955. James Dean haunted Times Square. For a novice actor in the fifties this was the place to go. The Actors Studio, directed by Lee Strasberg, was in its heyday and just a block away.

Eve Arnold, USA. New York City. Fashion in Harlem. Model Charlotte Stribling aka 'Fabulous' waits backstage for the entrance cue to model clothes designed and made in the Harlem community. The venue is the Abyssinian Church. 1950.